:When Meowth mentions his "top of the line" food, it cuts to an image of a can of cat-food with a real-world cat on the label.

* ''[[EP135|Grin to Win!]]''

* ''[[EP135|Grin to Win!]]''

:A fried chicken stand can be seen, as well as a chicken thigh, at the Sunflora festival.

:A fried chicken stand can be seen, as well as a chicken thigh, at the Sunflora festival.

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A real-world dog featured in a picture book

Real-world animals have been mentioned more than once to exist in the world of Pokémon. Most often, they are mentioned in relation to a Pokémon species. For example, Pikachu is known as the "Mouse Pokémon" and was directly referred to in the anime as an "electric mouse", hinting that real-world mice exist in the Pokémon world. Other than this, all other mentions of animals, aside from humans, are rare. As a result, it is unknown how humans originated, as other real-world primates have not been mentioned.

In the anime

A real-world cat on anime concept art

Animals have been seen in the anime. They were more common in the original series as there weren't as many Pokémon species introduced at the time. A picture book based on the Pokémon anime once featured a dog walking past Ash and his friends, and a piece of concept art of the residents of Pallet Town featured a cat. Birds can also occasionally be heard in the background. Foods that contain meat products, such as hamburgers and chicken are often seen.

Animal appearances have become less frequent as more Pokémon have been added to take their places.